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Topic: POCSO

Pawan Kalyan calls for stricter POCSO enforcement, cites Telangana stalker murders, Nellore dargah case

Kalyan wrote a separate letter to Telangana CM Revanth Reddy, seeking his cooperation in directing state’s police force to ensure speedy justice for POCSO victims.

Ganganagar gangrape: Mother’s 4-day search for minor ended in police station. She couldn’t recognise her

Over 25 people allegedly raped the 13-year-old between 18 June and 22 June, all posing as visitors at three hotels. Police have arrested 21 so far.

Why Pune court felt even death penalty wasn’t enough for 65-year-old Nasrapur rape-murder convict

Special POCSO court said there was ‘concrete evidence’ to prove sexual assault and medical findings establish 3-yr-old girl was ‘brutally raped, sexually assaulted and then killed’.

Bandi Bhageerath, MoS Bandi Sanjay’s POCSO-accused son, gets 5-day interim bail for exams

Bhageerath is accused of sexually harassing and assaulting a 17-year-old girl, and was arrested on 16 May.

Retd doctor ‘sexually assaults’ 15-yr-old at Haryana govt hospital, flees. FIR filed under POCSO Act

Accused identified as Dr Shailendra Kumar Shailly, had retired as Principal Medical Officer from the hospital. He allegedly assaulted the minor multiple times in OPD room.

10-year-old’s sexual assault-murder in Coimbatore rocks new Tamil Nadu govt, POCSO charges to be added

The girl went missing on Thursday evening when she went out to buy groceries. Her body was found a day later with injury marks. CM has promised strict action. 

BRS demands Union Minister Bandi Sanjay’s resignation after son booked for sexually assaulting minor

At a time when BJP is aggressively planning to make inroads in Telangana, several party leaders concede that the case can affect its public perception.

3-yr-old raped, murdered in Pune: Accused charged with sexual assault twice before & acquitted, police say

Bhimrao Kamble, a 65-year-old labourer, was arrested after he allegedly raped the girl and smashed her head with a stone.

The success story of Chandigarh Police Department. How it bagged 136 awards

With 2,000 cameras and 136 new awards, Chandigarh’s force is winning on paper—but residents say the streets tell a very different story.

No arrest till 15 May, but shooting coach likely to face polygraph test by Haryana Police in POCSO case

Haryana govt tells SC police are considering conducting test either on accused, or complainant, or both, depending on nature of evidence. Coach accused of sexually assaulting 17-year-old.

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Operation Sindoor to Epic Fury, air power is becoming war’s opening move

Air power used to be the instrument of escalation, the thing a state reached for once diplomacy had failed. Increasingly, it is no longer the last resort.

Life insurance policy surrender, withdrawal payouts jump to Rs 2.8 lakh-crore, exceed maturity benefits

Govt says surrender & withdrawal payouts accounted for 39% of total benefits in 25-26, up from 32% in 21-22, driven by affordability issues, mis-selling, changing financial circumstance.

‘When Pakistan sought ceasefire, we kept it waiting’—Gen Anil Chauhan reveals India’s Op Sindoor flex

Pakistan reached out to India around 9.30 am on 10 May 2025 but Indian DGMO spoke only in the afternoon, just retired Chief of Defence Staff Anil Chauhan says at ThePrint's Off The Cuff.

Modi govt response to Gen Z protest shows a rare vulnerability. It’s an opportunity for Opposition

The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.